M/S Royal India Securitaus v. Union of India and 2 Others

Court No. - 40 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 31881 of 2023 Petitioner :- M/S Royal India Securitaus Respondent :- Union Of India And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Anand Kr Srivastava,Pratibha Asthana Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,Pranjal Mehrotra Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi, J. Hon'ble Prashant Kumar, J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Pranjal Mehrotra, learned Counsel for respondents.

¶2Sri Pranjal Mehrotra, learned counsel appearing for contesting respondents, raised a preliminary objection regarding maintainability of the writ petition stating that in view of Clause 14 of special conditions of the contract, which provides resolution of dispute by way of arbitration, petitioner has efficacious remedy to question the validity of the order impugned herein before the Arbitrator.

¶3Learned counsel for the petitioner, when confronted, could not dispute the aforesaid fact. In view thereof, we are not inclined to entertain this writ petition.

¶4The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed.

¶5Needless to say that it is open to petitioner to invoke the remedy in terms of Clause 14 of special conditions of the contract. Order Date :- 22.11.2023 P.Sri. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad